[ Time to burn the shou ce! ]
woohoo! finally chinese are OVER! well unfortunately theres listening and oral left in july. todays paper was rather ok, SURPRISINGLY. especially paper 1. but then again, i really have no idea if i can pass this paper as most of it were guesses. haha, as usual. well just pray for me that i'll make it thru this time and not having to retake again. decided to abandon our hike recce and watched starwars III halfway (sorry yuan hao lol) with hidayat. after the whole 2 and a half hours, i realise the movie's focusing only on one topic; girls are nothing but trouble. haha don't you think so? the only reason skywalker turned to the darkside was cause of his wife (was padme even his wife? haha i thought she was like wayyy older than him in the episode I ?)
ah hah, and also there was this scene of yoda leaving in his tiny spaceship and chewbacca and de other wookiee were crying. were they crying cause they really missed yoda, or cause they couldn't fit into yoda's tiny spacecraft and knew they were gonna get killed by the army...? haha ever thought of that?
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Sunday, May 29, 2005
attitude is everything
[ Attitude is Everything ]
Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, 'Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut way all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."
I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, 'He's a dead man.'
"I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breathe and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them. 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.
Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, 'Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut way all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."
I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, 'He's a dead man.'
"I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breathe and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them. 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.
Saturday, May 28, 2005
MT O levels
[ New Blog Skin ]
its been quite some time since the last entry, found this skin while surfing around and thought it was pretty cool. well do give me your comments yah. chinese Os are around the corner and its no surprise everyone is chionging. just finished doing 300 zhao ju within the past 3 days! i've never been so "in" to chinese before that i actually think im enjoying it. ha ha ha. im so gonna blow if none of them comes out in the paper. ULP camp's today. seeing what my juniors are going through sure reminds me of myself one year ago, willing to do anything for that red stripe, the handphone incident and of course the red bull that kept me alive. though its hard to see them suffer like this, its all part of the process of glooming a unit leader. well can say that hq courses are becoming more and more slack. T-generation maybe? with ULP this year allowing 5 cadets from each unit, cant expect much attention given to the cadets from the mentors and officers. and guess what, ex ULP trainees are not invited to the campfire on monday! what bullshit. two more days to chinese Os then i'll be free at least for awhile! so looking forward to that. but then again, theres training camp proposal to complete! uurrghh. been wanting to catch starwars III but never had the time. anyone keen? anyway, all the best to all those out there mugging for chinese! BU YI YU LI! HAHA...
its been quite some time since the last entry, found this skin while surfing around and thought it was pretty cool. well do give me your comments yah. chinese Os are around the corner and its no surprise everyone is chionging. just finished doing 300 zhao ju within the past 3 days! i've never been so "in" to chinese before that i actually think im enjoying it. ha ha ha. im so gonna blow if none of them comes out in the paper. ULP camp's today. seeing what my juniors are going through sure reminds me of myself one year ago, willing to do anything for that red stripe, the handphone incident and of course the red bull that kept me alive. though its hard to see them suffer like this, its all part of the process of glooming a unit leader. well can say that hq courses are becoming more and more slack. T-generation maybe? with ULP this year allowing 5 cadets from each unit, cant expect much attention given to the cadets from the mentors and officers. and guess what, ex ULP trainees are not invited to the campfire on monday! what bullshit. two more days to chinese Os then i'll be free at least for awhile! so looking forward to that. but then again, theres training camp proposal to complete! uurrghh. been wanting to catch starwars III but never had the time. anyone keen? anyway, all the best to all those out there mugging for chinese! BU YI YU LI! HAHA...
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